Masculinity

The internet, as a digital looking glass, can normalize violence for Black boys

How heterosexual Black men project the psycho-sexual traumas of the plantation onto our queer brethren

Guns too often become tools of intra-communal violence at the hands of cis het Black men

Reimaging consent, for Black cis-het men, in a world where touch can kill

What Tamar Braxton’s comments about men not wanting sex reveal about compulsory (hetero)sexuality

Nipsey Hussle’s death warrants more than a “Black Man Take Down” conspiracy theory

Comic: Queer men don’t need straight men’s permission to be cute

APA says ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny in new report

Hulu documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ powerfully explores the effect of toxic masculinity on boys

Our reactions to Black men embracing in public highlight Black masculinity’s dehumanizing expectations

A course is being taught at a New York college on the crisis of white masculinity and it’s about time

‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a study of the Black working class and the seductive appeal of capitalism

Learning to love my androgynous and masculine Black womanhood

UT Austin ‘Restrictive Masculinity’ program under pressure by administration after right-wing criticism

Terry Crews indicts men in perpetuating a culture of sexual harassment

Man kills 14 year old son because rigid masculinity standards are murderous

We need to talk about gay men using body types to conform to heteronormative gender roles

For Karen Smith And Other Black Women Who Seek Freedom When The Misogynoir Is Enough

What Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman Teach Us About Respectability & Black Masculinity

NBA star Jason Collins made history, but is his career history because of it?

[T]here’s Daddy

She Got Game: On The W’s Rookie Class

REPORT: Black Gay Youth Face Unique Challenges Coming Out To Families

Rhythm, Blue, Social Disorder

13 Year-Old Gangsta Rapper Lil’ Mouse’s ‘Get Smoked’ Video Sparks Outrage

The Hood on Four Wheels

Style Wars: Not Graffiti But Hipster Takeover

I killed my Black Mother and Now I am a Real Black Man: 14 year-old Black Boy Kills Mother?

WHY EVERYBODY HATES DRAKE, and Why They're Wrong…

Are Black People Willing To Call Eminem The Greatest Rapper Of All Time?

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